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Father of the Four Passages Paperback - 2002

by Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Sonia Kurisu, a streetwise young mother, struggles to raise her child, Sonny Boy, as she seeks to come to terms with the three children she aborted. Set in Hawaii and Las Vegas, this haunting novel about fathers, forgiveness, spirituality, and solace is Yamanaka's most ambitious work to date.


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From one of the most original voices on the American literary scene (The Atlantic Monthly) comes the powerful tale of Sonia Kurisu, a young woman who grew up troubled in working-class Hawaii and struggles to raise her young son alone. Alternating between the present and the past, Yamanaka depicts Sonia's difficult childhood, her addictions to drugs and alcohol, and her string of bad lovers. As she tries to gain control of her life, she is haunted by the ghosts of three children she never had. A work of raw energy and searing honesty, Father of the Four Passages is an extraordinary testament to the redemptive power of love.

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  • Title Father of the Four Passages
  • Author Lois-Ann Yamanaka
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-01-05
  • ISBN 9780312420482 / 031242048X
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.91 x 6.28 x 0.51 in (20.09 x 15.95 x 1.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Oceania
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Hawaii
    • Geographic Orientation: Nevada
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 000042177
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Lois-Ann Yamanaka is the author of the poetry collection Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre; the fiction trilogy Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, Blu's Hanging, and Heads by Harry; as well as a young adult novel, Name Me Nobody. She has won a Lannan Literary Award, an Asian American Literary Award, and an American Book Award. She lives in Honolulu.

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